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(RTTNews) - Asian stocks ended Friday's session on a mixed note amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may end its negative interest rate policy as soon as this month.

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Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Friday, tracking strength in rival oils, and snapping a five-session losing streak.

Apple is allocating product development resources for iPad to Vietnam, Nikkei reported on Friday, citing sources briefed on the matter.

Toshiba and Rohm said on Friday they would invest 388.3 billion yen ($2.7 billion) to jointly produce power chips, the first collaboration since Rohm's participation in a $14 billion buyout of Toshiba.

Japan's manufacturers' business sentiment likely edged higher in the three months to December, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, although the global economic slowdown continues to cloud the outlook.

Cathay Pacific Airways on Friday said it has placed an order to purchase six Airbus A350 freighters for a basic price of $2.71 billion, potentially replacing its aging cargo fleet of Boeing 747 jets.

U.S. job growth likely picked up in November as thousands of automobile workers and actors returned after strikes, but the underlying trend will probably point to a cooling labor market.

Indian shares held gains on Friday, with the benchmark indexes Nifty 50 and Sensex hitting fresh record highs, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stood pat on key rates for a fifth consecutive time.

The yuan weakened against the dollar on Friday and is poised to snap a three-week rising streak, as Moody's negative outlook on China's credit rating, and the country's mixed trade data dented fragile confidence.

The Indian central bank's key lending rate was held steady on Friday with inflation control remaining a major focus amid expectations of a spike in food prices in coming months and better than expected economic growth.

Indonesia state energy firm Pertamina [PERTM.UL] has started an underground carbon injection trial in Sukowati field, the second site the company is testing for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).

Gold prices were on track for their first weekly fall in four after the dollar firmed, although they traded steadily on Friday ahead of a key U.S. jobs data to gauge the potential of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve as early as March.

The Indian central bank's key lending rate was kept unchanged at a fifth straight policy meeting on Friday, as predicted, amid robust economic growth and lingering concerns around inflation.

The Soybean Oil futures led the soy market with 3.6% gains of over 170 points. The Jan contract is still at a net 32 point loss for the week’s move. Beans settled up by more than a 1%, with double digit gains of as much as 16 ¼ cents. Jan...

Chinese luxury electric vehicle maker Xpeng stock (NYSE:XPEV)  had a stellar November, selling a record 20,041 vehicles, up 2.4x from last year. This also marks a slight increase from the 20,002 vehicles the company delivered in October. Growth was driven primarily by t

Wheaton Precious Metals stock has fared reasonably well this year, rising by about 23% year-to-date, slightly ahead of the S&P 500. There have been a couple of factors helping Wheaton. Firstly, prices for gold and silver have been rising this year, driven by easing inflation,

While these stocks have taken a beating this year, Wall Street believes they have major rebound potential in 2024.

Shares of Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE: NAPA) were down 12% on Thursday after the California-based winemaker announced weaker-than-expected quarterly results.

Thursday’s session closes with the NASDAQ Composite Index at 14,339.99. The total shares traded for the NASDAQ was over 5.29 billion.